Latest electrical product news
Legrand’s power distribution division has been granted accreditation for two new CPD courses focused on the busbar versus cable debate and a guide to specifying medium voltage transformers.
The courses, which can be delivered at Legrand’s customer training centre in Birmingham or taken directly to a client, are part of the company’s long standing commitment to deliver added value and are aimed at fully educating the market about two key product areas in the division’s portfolio.
The busb... [more]
Opus Energy, the Northampton and Oxford-based energy supplier, has raised a grand total of £20,034 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust which its employees will present to the Trust in Opus’ Northampton office (Royal Pavilion, 2 Summerhouse Road) at 11am on Monday.
Presenting a cheque to the Trust will be Cara Kelly, Luke Spencer and Jamie Cooper, Opus Energy employees who each undertook fundraising activities, contributing to the total sum raised of £20,034.
Credit Co-ordinator Cara Kelly comple... [more]
Established in 1977, Heathfield & Co has grown to become a leading UK decorative lighting manufacturer with a comprehensive range of table, desk, wall, floor and bathroom lights.
Their striking collection features contemporary and classic lighting solutions from ceramic lamps and finely sculpted metal lights inspired by nature, to fully blown glass designs in an array of beautiful colours. Heathfield & Co continues to have a very strong creative focus and its design team continually works to ... [more]
Ellis raises the importance of cleats in cable installations by delivering a paper on the subject to major industry conferences in Kuwait and London.
The paper, Why cable cleats are vitally important in the protection of a cable installations, was researched and written by the company’s development manager, Andy Booth and was presented to the CIGRE GCC* conference in Kuwait on November 22nd and the IET** Reliability of Transmission Distribution Networks Conference (RTDN) in London on November... [more]
Energy displays have proven highly successful in helping consumers to reduce electricity consumption.
The recently published Empower Demand report from VaasaETT, Global Energy Think Tank compared the results of trials around the world and found average annual electricity savings of 8.68% for customers supplied with IHD’s.
BEAMA, British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association, launched the Consumer Energy Display Industry Group (CEDIG).
Consumer energy displays include a r... [more]
Illuminations on the Champs-Elysees launched last week. The scheme, Tree Rings, is designed by the brilliant ACT Lighting Design. They also have an imaginative son et lumiere installation launching this Saurday in Brussels.
Here is a Q&A with the designers.
Koert Vermeulen, Principal Designer
Koert’s fascination with light and the atmosphere and impact it can create, started when he was still very young. Beginning at the age of 14, Koert and two friends had a successful
business providi... [more]
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